Charlotte Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 Ok, not quite but I am doing this:- http://www.nanowrimo.org/ Basically the idea is to write a novel (50,000 words) in the month of November. Bit of an ask but I'm going to see what I can do, even if I don't complete it. The idea is to not edit at all, just do a first draft of 'your book' with all new material. Anyone else with me? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 Why not try it the Jack Kerouac way? A large bag of amphetamine, a huge ream of paper and just write the lot in one go... spontaneous prose...! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Animal Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 Why not try it the Jack Kerouac way? A large bag of amphetamine, a huge ream of paper and just write the lot in one go... spontaneous prose...! Throw in some mescalin/LSD/Peyote and I'm in. The Hunter S. Thompson way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlotte Posted November 2, 2009 Author Share Posted November 2, 2009 Why not try it the Jack Kerouac way? A large bag of amphetamine, a huge ream of paper and just write the lot in one go... spontaneous prose...! The most exotic I'll go is Bettys tea and plenty of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 ..or get wrecked on whiskey, go to the race track.. loose everything.. and try and sleep with as many people as possible. The Bukowski way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lbm Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 Throw in some mescalin/LSD/Peyote and I'm in. The Hunter S. Thompson way A marvellous writer ...and purveyor(?) of bespoke chemicals. Why all in November Charlotte? - Will it be bad if you over-ran into December? I'm thinking don't force the creative juices into a short time frame and all that... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marbleapple Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 The most exotic I'll go is Bettys tea and plenty of it. Java Jampit all the way Question is.... York, Harrogate or Ilkley! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian W Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 I think it's part of the competition, must be done in Nov. The gf was talking about it just last night actually (she's busy doing her dissertation though so won be partaking lol) Good luck Char Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz6002 Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 Not in my free time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 Java Jampit all the way Question is.... York, Harrogate or Ilkley! Fat Rascals and York FTW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlotte Posted November 2, 2009 Author Share Posted November 2, 2009 Why all in November Charlotte? - Will it be bad if you over-ran into December? I'm thinking don't force the creative juices into a short time frame and all that... I think it's part of the competition, must be done in Nov. Yep - has to be done in November for this particular thing but you can do it all year round. I'm only doing it because of my uni course, the tutor introduced me to it. But we shall see. I have got loads of other stuff going on at the mo but I'm thinking I could sit down for a couple of hours a night. Question is.... York, Harrogate or Ilkley! It's from Harrogate but I've have sampled tea in all three and I like the locality of Ilkley the best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tannhauser Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 Ok, not quite but I am doing this:- http://www.nanowrimo.org/ Basically the idea is to write a novel (50,000 words) in the month of November. Bit of an ask but I'm going to see what I can do, even if I don't complete it. The idea is to not edit at all, just do a first draft of 'your book' with all new material. Anyone else with me? PM ed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caseys Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 Write in the style of e e cummings mixed with Bukowski, forget about punctuation and format and just flow It's an interesting concept and I'm very very tempted myself. I'd have to go for surreal fiction myself but I think it'd most likely end up very discombobulated drivel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozz Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 Wonder what they do with the rights to the novels? Sounds odd, I'd be worried about them stealing my ideas - its happened to me before, I'm sure I first came up with Ozzy Potter with stories of my magic wand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerry Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 When he first opened up the forum page his heart started racing. Although there were dozens of names in front of him, just one stood out, it looked as though it was somehow glowing, illuminated in the late afternoon sunlight, it was the name he had read a thousand times before, but this time it was different. "Charlotte" He know if he read on, his life would change forever, but he simply didn't have the will to click the back button - he was hooked and he knew it. Beads of perspiration ran down his manly back and his boxers seemed somehow smaller ! As he continued to read, his admiration for the woman who he had only fleeting met once in a thunderstorm at the JAE grew, he recalled how when they met, she looked like a Greek Goddess, with her tousled hair and dripping cammo's, but now he knew she had brains as well. His admiration grew even bigger... etc etc etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ewen Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 Do you have an opportunity within the plot line for the smell of burning leather, soggy jodhpurs and some random farm wench being pummeled by her pommel ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerry Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 Do you have an opportunity within the plot line for the smell of burning leather, soggy jodhpurs and some random farm wench being pummeled by her pommel ? Funny you should mention a pommel ! In my "other" (non car) life I'm known in a couple of clubs as "that b@stard pommeler" "Pommeler" Epee fencer who holds the very end of the weapons handle (or pommel) to obtain greater reach, using distance and timing to obtain dominance over their opponent" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ewen Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 Funny you should mention a pommel ! In my "other" (non car) life I'm known in a couple of clubs as "that b@stard pommeler" "Pommeler" Epee fencer who holds the very end of the weapons handle (or pommel) to obtain greater reach, using distance and timing to obtain dominance over their opponent" I was thinking more saddle sore than fencing score... I find saddles strangely erotic. What do you think ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerry Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 I was thinking more saddle sore than fencing score... I find saddles strangely erotic. What do you think ? Can't really say that they do anything for me, although "jodhpurs" I can see what you mean (although not quite as good as fencing breeches) on a nice young lady Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ewen Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 Can't really say that they do anything for me, although "jodhpurs" I can see what you mean (although not quite as good as fencing breeches) on a nice young lady Oh, absolutely....and, strangely enough, still on topic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlotte Posted November 3, 2009 Author Share Posted November 3, 2009 Wow this went a bit scary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holden1989 Posted November 3, 2009 Share Posted November 3, 2009 Jilly Cooper - Riders FTW Dirty dirty book!! Good luck Charlotte Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Wilson Posted November 3, 2009 Share Posted November 3, 2009 I was thinking more saddle sore than fencing score... I find saddles strangely erotic. What do you think ? I think you are having some sort of crisis, that's what I think I bit my tongue when you posted the photo of yourself by the Jag, looking like you were waiting for Jason King to walk by, but now you are swerving to leather and whips. I'll send some bromide over No loitering by the saddlery shop again please, confine your pleasuring to online at: http://www.thesaddleryshop.co.uk/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Wilson Posted November 3, 2009 Share Posted November 3, 2009 Wow this went a bit scary. Is this literary work something you will share with us on here? Good luck, sounds quite interesting! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlotte Posted November 3, 2009 Author Share Posted November 3, 2009 Is this literary work something you will share with us on here? Good luck, sounds quite interesting! Doubtful - I'm not sure I'll share it with anyone except my man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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